The Femininization of Migration and Migrant Women's Organizations

Since the 1970s social and economic changes, the collapse of the welfare state and neoliberal economy policies have created conditions through which women have been affected more negatively. As a result, migration flows have gradually feminized. With the collapse of the welfare state and the rise of the participation of women to the labour force, the demand of care services has proliferated; with the commodification of sexuality and the rise of pornography, sex sector has grown. In this context migrant women have gradually worked in the sex sector and domestic work. Discrimination based on being a woman and a migrant has combined with various risks. In this way, there has been extremely negative working and living conditions in destination countries. In this process different types of migrant organizations have composed a basis for women to demand their rights, to act with solidarity and to get stronger.